Editing Northern lapwing (section)

==Description==
[[File:Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (W1CDR0001471 BD4).ogg|thumb|Display calls, Surrey, England]]
The northern lapwing is a {{convert|28|–|33|cm|in|abbr=on}} long bird with a {{convert|67|–|87|cm|in|abbr=on}} wingspan and a body mass of {{convert|128|-|330|g|oz|abbr=on}}.<ref name=oiseaux-birds/> It has rounded wings and a crest. It is also the shortest-legged of the lapwings. It is mainly black and white, but the back is tinted green. The male has a long [[Crest (feathers)|crest]] and a black crown, throat and breast contrasting with an otherwise white face. Females and young birds have shorter crests, and have less strongly marked heads, but plumages are otherwise quite similar.

This is a vocal bird in the breeding season, with constant calling as the crazed tumbling display flight is performed by the male. The typical contact call is a loud, shrill "pee-wit" from which they get their other name of '''peewit'''.<ref name=OED/> Displaying males usually make a wheezy "pee-wit, wit wit, eeze wit" during their display flight; these birds also make squeaking or mewing sounds.